Large Group vs. Share Group vs. Step Study

Celebrate Recovery ® meets every Tuesday night and that time is made up of Large Group, Open Share Group and Fellowship at Café.

Step Studies meet one day a week, other than Tuesday nights, and work through the 4 participant guides as a group. It typically takes a year to complete all of the guides.

Characteristics of Large Group (6:30 PM – 7:30 PM):

• Meets 52 weeks per year
• 1 hour meeting
• Celebrate Recovery ® Resource Table is set up containing Celebrate Recovery Bible, Participant Guides and Information Sheets
• Worship Time
• Reading of 12 Steps or 8 Principles
• Special Music and Offering taken
• Teaching / Testimony / Special Guest Speaker
• No Obligation to share
• Serenity Prayer close
• Dismiss to Open Share Groups (optional)

Characteristics of Open Share Group (7:30 PM – 8:30 PM):

• Recovery Issue Specific
• Meets 52 weeks per year
• Gender based
• 50 minute meeting
• Funnel individuals to Step Study Groups
• Meeting Group Guidelines Facilitated
• Leader’s Focus Question – open share
• Acknowledge Sobriety with Sobriety Chips
• Meet Accountability Partners
• Find a Sponsor
• Always open to Newcomers
• At close, Invite members to ‘The Well’ Café
• Anonymity and Confidentiality are Basic Requirements

Characteristics of Step Study Group (Alternate Night, Different times):

• Mixed Recovery Issues
• Gender based
• 2 hour meeting
• Celebrate Recovery ® Participant Guides (curriculum)
• Utilize Celebrate Recovery Bible
• Meeting Group Guidelines Facilitated
• Build Accountability teams, partners
• Meeting closed to Newcomers by Step 4
• Completion of the 12 Steps (1 Year, approx.)
• Facilitators have completed a Step Study and are Trained
• Held on alternate days / nights of the week